Caring for the Older Person in the Emergency Department: The ASET Program and the Role of the ASET Clinical Nurse Consultant in South Western Sydney, Australia

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-133

  Shanley, Chris ^a   Sutherland, Sharon ^a   Tumeth, Robyn ^a   Stott, Katrina ^a   Whitmore, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 62749092059     PISSN: 00991767     EISSN: 15272966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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